RexTalionis:Let's hope the petition to make the unnamed CVN-80 (Gerald Ford class) the new Enterprise is successful. I'm optimistic because I heard that the guy at the White House is a Trekkie respects tradition.

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We've almost always had an ENTERPRISE. The Navy just isn't complete without one.

Apparently at the Enterprises decommissioning ceremony the Secretary of the Navy announced that the new Ford-class carrier, CVN-80 will be the new U.S.S. Enterprise, the seventh US Navy ship to bear the name.

Silverstaff:Apparently at the Enterprises decommissioning ceremony the Secretary of the Navy announced that the new Ford-class carrier, CVN-80 will be the new U.S.S. Enterprise, the seventh US Navy ship to bear the name.

Silverstaff:Apparently at the Enterprises decommissioning ceremony the Secretary of the Navy announced that the new Ford-class carrier, CVN-80 will be the new U.S.S. Enterprise, the seventh US Navy ship to bear the name.

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I'd rather have served on a cool sounding named carrier like an Enterprise than the John C. Stennis. Seriously, does anybody even know who that guy is who wasn't on that ship?

my ignorant white trash BIL served on the Big E. man is the finest example of Politics tab / Facebook horror Fark has ever seen. still posting butthurt about Romney losing. daily posts hating on Fartbongo, pro-Tea Party, at least 1 dozen colorful ghey Jesus Loves Me / Pray / Saviour posts with all sorts of artwork and sentimental crap poetry and such. yup, and posts galore about the importance of treating your children well too. sadly enough he did a real shiat job with the kids from both of his marriages. what a moran.

Klippoklondike:Silverstaff: Apparently at the Enterprises decommissioning ceremony the Secretary of the Navy announced that the new Ford-class carrier, CVN-80 will be the new U.S.S. Enterprise, the seventh US Navy ship to bear the name.

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I'd rather have served on a cool sounding named carrier like an Enterprise than the John C. Stennis. Seriously, does anybody even know who that guy is who wasn't on that ship?

While this ship comes to its end the storied history of the Enterprise shall continued, a legacy stretching from the Battles of the Coral sea and Midway to Korea, Vietnam to the wars in the gulf. The ships may have have changed but the name USS Enterprise has long stood for greatness.

God speed CVN-65 your contributions to the legacy of the proud name you proud bore shall not be forgotten.

Silverstaff:Apparently at the Enterprises decommissioning ceremony the Secretary of the Navy announced that the new Ford-class carrier, CVN-80 will be the new U.S.S. Enterprise, the seventh US Navy ship to bear the name.

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FTFL: "It's important to remember why the Navy chose to build a class of ship that will have a lifespan of 94 years and remain in service until 2110."

SurelyShirley:Silverstaff: Apparently at the Enterprises decommissioning ceremony the Secretary of the Navy announced that the new Ford-class carrier, CVN-80 will be the new U.S.S. Enterprise, the seventh US Navy ship to bear the name.

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FTFL: "It's important to remember why the Navy chose to build a class of ship that will have a lifespan of 94 years and remain in service until 2110."

Dang, that's a long time...

Even more impressively (to me, anyway), is that the B52 fleet is expected to serve into the 2040s. Ships are big, and you don't have the weight restrictions and delicate parts that are so key to aircraft. Pretty easy to build a big ship to last, the question is how useful it'll be as technology advances around it.

An expert marketer could not have come up with a better name for US Navy Ship than Enterprise. It's the equivalent of having HMS Stiff Upper Lip or HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Quielty Pragmatic.